Thursday, March 12, 2015

A New QAYG : :

When Pat Bravo's new Etno fabrics arrived at my door, before I could
begin to think of a plan, I had to have more! The Dainty Folk colorway
in rose pink, soft gray, aqua, and black is a beautiful combination, but
seeing them with a punch of Empire Yellow had me wishing for the full
collection!

A
week later I had the rest and yesterday I finally found the time to
begin my Etno quilt, which began with lots of 18 patch rectangle blocks,
made up of 3.5" cuts of each gorgeous Etno print!

I
didn't start out with a new quilt as you go in mind. I had planned to
frame my patchwork with the solids shown in the first photo, sewing my
blocks together in an alternating horizontal and vertical pattern until I
had a finished quilt top. But as I sewed, as per usual, I changed my
mind! I took away the solids, added in Prisma Elements in a similar
color scheme, and immediately was loving where this was headed!

For
this block I basted my 18 patch center, made up of the 3.5" cuts of
Ento prints, onto a 14" square piece of 100% cotton batting on the
diagonal. Next I stitch and flip the six colors of Prisma Elements cut
into 1.25" strips, working my way from the patchwork edge to the end of
each of the two corners, and square up my block to a 13.5" square block.
Look how pretty!

I'm so happy that I decided to add in these Prisma Elements. These are with out a doubt my new favorite blender!!

After finishing four blocks, my Criss Cross Diamond pattern started to emerge, I'm so excited!!

The plan is to make a total of 36 blocks (you can see a peek of what that will look like right here)
for a finished quilt measuring a large 78" square! Let me know if you
have any questions about my quick, written instructions above or if
you'd like to see a tutorial for this qayg block? I'd be willing to take
the time to share one, if you're interested. Just let me know!

I love your block! This quilt is going to be outstanding! Personally, I would love a little more in depth instruction on the QAYG. I think it would be great to have the instruction on a quilt I'm going to be making :) I don't know when I'll be able to start, but I really love the looks of this quilt! Thank you for sharing!

I would MC, In my Stash Bee group in September, I get to pick a block, I love string blocks and this would do a repeating pattern I think with any color you used, so folks could use their scraps.. thank you

Hi, I would love a tutorial for this block. I am wanting to make a wall hanging for my newly remodeled kitchen and the one you did works to so well that it looks like you chose those colors just for me!!

You are so talented! This quilt is going to be so beautiful. I can't wait to see what you do with the quilting. It would be helpful if you could do a tutorial - I'd certainly use it. Thanks for sharing your gift with us.

I always read your blog...but I am not a quilter. I love to sew clothes and have said for a long time that I am just not in to quilting. Every time you post a new quilt I start thinking about it though...I really want to try to QAYG!